The Ides of October are right now and it's the anniversary, in October of 1966, of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Regardless of your personal opinion of the group, it was one of the most important influences on the social structure of Twentieth Century America. (WIKI: Black Panther Party)
The Ides of October in 1968 were preceded as follows:
(WIKI: Black Panther Party)
The Ides of October in 1968 were preceded as follows:
- August 5, 1968: Three Panthers were killed in a gun battle with police at a Los Angeles gas station.
- Early September 1968: Huey Newton is convicted of manslaughter.
- October 5, 1968: a Panther is killed in a gunfight with police in Los Angeles.
(WIKI: Black Panther Party)
This also happened in the Ides of October in 1968.
Again it was one of the most important statements in American society anyone ever made and without a word being spoken nor a shot being fired.
The Days of Rage also come out of October, 1968, and this was largely driven by white people based on what had happened with the protest of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, 1968.
Note: the Days of Rage often include the protest at the Democratic National Convention but that's not technically true as the Days of Rage were something proposed by the Weathermen in 1968 based on Chicago but was not necessarily part of it even though there was incredible violence from Chicago police.
That year was when people in America were openly talking of revolution and it was also when J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI at the time, declared war on 'hate groups' such as the Black Panthers and said they were they greatest threat to American security. He is the same one who ordered bugging of Martin Luther King's bedroom for the same reason.
Note: the only time the FBI ever enjoyed respect from Baby Boomers was through Efrem Zimbalist playing an FBI agent on television. The FBI has been largely one clusterfuck after the other since then. As an example of FBI clusterfucks, review what happened with the way reports were sent up the chain from FBI field agents regarding suspicious people taking training for multi-engine jets prior to 9/11. The reports went up to John Ashcroft who dismissed them and they went no further. Ashcroft is the same one who had the unmitigated gall to sing "America the Beautiful" (or some such) on national television. Political karaoke, my dream come true ... from the same person who did nothing about the ones who would attack the country.
Also released in 1968, James Brown with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud"
The Days of Rage also come out of October, 1968, and this was largely driven by white people based on what had happened with the protest of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, 1968.
Note: the Days of Rage often include the protest at the Democratic National Convention but that's not technically true as the Days of Rage were something proposed by the Weathermen in 1968 based on Chicago but was not necessarily part of it even though there was incredible violence from Chicago police.
That year was when people in America were openly talking of revolution and it was also when J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI at the time, declared war on 'hate groups' such as the Black Panthers and said they were they greatest threat to American security. He is the same one who ordered bugging of Martin Luther King's bedroom for the same reason.
Note: the only time the FBI ever enjoyed respect from Baby Boomers was through Efrem Zimbalist playing an FBI agent on television. The FBI has been largely one clusterfuck after the other since then. As an example of FBI clusterfucks, review what happened with the way reports were sent up the chain from FBI field agents regarding suspicious people taking training for multi-engine jets prior to 9/11. The reports went up to John Ashcroft who dismissed them and they went no further. Ashcroft is the same one who had the unmitigated gall to sing "America the Beautiful" (or some such) on national television. Political karaoke, my dream come true ... from the same person who did nothing about the ones who would attack the country.
Also released in 1968, James Brown with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud"
And people today dare contest #BlackLivesMatter
Bernie Sanders does not and addressed that specifically in the debate. No-one else did.
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